Field Trips

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What is a field trip ?

- It’s a tour, mainly to the South, done by the travelling recording units of the major companies that involved blues- and gospelrecordings. Field trips were common in the nineteenth twenties and thirties. The equipment was a portable cylinder and disc recording apparature.

- The serious collection of black folk-songs recordings are now an extensive and especially important documentation. Thanks to the field trips by John A Lomax and his son Alan did in the nineteen thirties. A cultural treasure of American Folk Music, found at Library Of Congress US.

Victor and Bluebird, Field Trips

Id	Date	Location	Artist	Comment
1	1927 Feruary - March	Atlanta	Big Bethel Choir Julius Daniels Rev. Williams Ransom
1		Memphis	Memphis Jug Band Sadie McKinney Sister Morgan AC Forehand Sadie James Baby Moore Rev. ED Campbell Blind Mamie Forehand Ollie Rupert
1		New Orleans	Genevieve Davis Ann Cook Rev. Isaiah Shelton Mount Zion Baptist Quartet of Mobile New Orleans University Glee Club Florence White Megginson Female Quartette Richard “Rabbit” Brown
2	1927 July – August	Bristol, Tennessee	El Watson
2		Charlotte North Carolina	Andrew and Jim Baxter Luke Jordan
2		Savannah Georgia	Jacksonville Harmony Trio Sugar Underwood Ruby Houston Imperial Quintet L.C. Prigett
3	1927 October	Atlanta	Blind Willie McTell Memphis Jug Band Will Weldon Vol Stevens Rev. J.M. Gates Elder J.E Burch Julius Daniels Wilbert Andrews
4	1928 January – February	Memphis	Jim Jackson Cannon’s Jug Stompers Lonnie McIntorsh Harris and Harris Memphis Jug Band Frank Stokes Rosie Mae Moore Tommy Johnson Ishman Bracey Elder Richard Bryant Arthur Petties
4		Atlanta	Rev. JM Gates Palmer McAbee
5	1928 August – November	Memphis	Jim Jackson Frank Stokes Furry Lewis Bessie Tucker Ida May Mack KD Johnson Ishman Bracey Tommie Johnson Charlie Kyle Cannon’s Jug Stompers Robert Wilkins Memphis Jug Band Elder Richard Bryant Rev. Sutton E. Griggs Bethel Quartet Rev. E.S. ”Shy” Moore Will Shade
5		Nashville	De Ford Bailey
5		Atlanta	Andrew and Jim Baxter Blind Willie McTell Blind Bennie Paris and wife
5		Bristol Tennessee	Tarter and Gay
6	1929 August	Dallas	Hattie Hyde Sammy Hill Jesse “Baby Face” Thomas Bessie Tucker
7	1929 September – November	Memphis	Memphis Jug Band John Estes Minnie Wallace Frank Stokes Hattie Hart James Rachel Dixie Nolan – Johnny Hardge Blind Clyde Church Elder Tarleton Roberts Cannon’s Jug Stompers Memphis Sanctified Singers Noha Lewis
7		Dallas	Belt Sacred Quartet Bessie Tucker
7		Atlanta	Andrew and Jim Tucker Harris and Harris Blind Willie McTell Eli Framer
8	1930 May – June	Memphis	Memphis Jug Band John Estes Gitfiddle Jim Shreveport Homewreckers McCoy and Johnson Washington White Rev. Holt McIntorsh and Ewing Kaiser Clifton Bessemer Melody Boys
8		Cincinnati	Willie Kelly Walter Davis
9	1930 November	Memphis	Josephine Jones Alice Melvin Willie Kelly Memphis Jug Band Cannon’s Jug Stompers Blind Willie Reynolds Noha Lewis
10	1931 May – June	Charlotte North Carolina	Beans Hambone Four Gospel Singers Jack Gowdlock
10		Louisville	Willie Kelly Clifford Gibson Minnow Townsend R.T Hanen Jesse Townsend Walter Davis Bill Gaither Kid Coley Louiseville Sanctified Singers Whistler’s Jug Band Jimmie Strange Ben Ferguson John Harris
11	1932 February	Dallas	Eddie and Oscar Pere Dickson Ramblin’ Thomas Walter Davis Stump Johnson
11		Atlanta	Ruby Glaze – Hot Shot Willie Pinetop and Lindberg
12	1934 March – April	San Antonio	Mississippi Sheiks Bo Carter Joe Pollum Rob Cooper
13	1934 August	Atlanta	Rev. J.M. Gates
14	1935 January	New Orleans	Bo Carter Mississippi Sheiks Harry Carter Mississippi Mud Mashers Southern University Quartet
14		San Antonio	Joe Pullum Rob Cooper
15	1935 August	Atlanta	Heavenly Gospel Singers
15		New Orleans	Monkey Joe Little Brother Montgomery Harry Carter
15		San Antonio	Joe Pullum
16	1936 February	Charlotte North Carolina	Heavenly Gospel Singers
16		New Orleans	Bo Carter
16		San Antonio	Joe Pullum
17	1936 June	Charlotte North Carolina	Cedar Creek Sheik Elder Otis Jones Bright Moon Quartet Heavenly Gospel Singers Ben Abney
18	1936 October	New Orleans	Chatman Brothers Mississippi Matilda Sonny Boy Nelson Robert Hill Bo Carter Tommy Griffin Annie Turner Little Brother Montgomery Creole George Guesnon Walter Jacobs
19	1937 February	Charlotte North Carolina	Curtis Henry Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Heavenly Gospel Singers Evening Four Five Jinks
19		San Antonio	Andy Boy Walter Cowboy Washington Big Boy Knox
20	1937 August	Charlotte North Carolina	Heavenly Gospel Singers Scottie Nesbitt Eddie Kelly Roosevelt Antrim
21	1938 January	Charlotte North Carolina	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Virgil Childers Heavenly Gospel Singers
22	1938 September – October	Rock Hill South Carolina	Heavenly Gospel Singers Capitol City Four Carolinians
22		San Antonio	Bo Carter Frank Tannehill
23	1939 February	Rock Hill South Carolina	Gospel Light Jubilee Singers Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Rev. J.M. Gates Heavenly Gospel Singers Moore Spiritual Singers
24	1939 August	Atlanta	Morris Brown Quartet Rev. J.M. Gates
25	1940 Februari	Atlanta	Rev. J.M. Gates Morris Brown Quartet Bo Carter
26	1940 October	Atlanta	Four Great Wonders
27	1941 April	Dallas	Frank Tannehill Wright Brothers
28	1941 October	Atlanta	Heavenly Gospel Singers Rev. J.M. Gates

Columbia, Field Trips

ID	Date	Location	Artist	Comment
1	January 1925	Atlanta	Rev. C.D. Montgomery
2	September 1925	Atlanta	Doc Dasher
3	April 1926	New Orleans, Atlanta	St Marks Chanters, Willie Jackson from N.O. Birmingham Jubilee Singers Birmingham Quartet Virginia Childs Big Bethel Choir No. 1 Rev. J.M. Gates
4	November 1926	Atlanta	Sister Sallie Sanders Nugrape Twins Seventh Day Advetist’s Choir Virginia Childs Rev. W.M. Mosley Birmingham Jubilee Singers Birmingham Quartet Peg Leg Howell
5	March-April 1927	Atlanta New Orleans	Nugrape Twins Rev H.R. Tomlin Barberque Bob Rev. T.E. Weems Rev. W.M. Mosley “Talking” Billy Anderson Golden Echo Quartet De Dord Bailey Peg Leg Howell Rev. Linel Jackson Rev. C.F. Thornton Rev. Frank Cotton
6	October-November 1927	Atlanta	Peg Leg Howell Charley Lincoln Barbecue Bob Talking Billy Anderson Emery Glenn Rev. W.M. Mosley Rev T.E. Weems Luther Magby
7	December 1927	Dallas Memphis	Washington Phillips Lillian Glinn Blind Willie Johnson “Billiken” Johnson Fred Adams Coley Jones Willie Tyson William McCoy Willie Mae McFarland Hattie Hudson Gertrude Perkins Dallas String Band Reubin Lacy Rev C.F. Thornton Rev. F.M. Cotton Walter Rhodes Lewis Black Rust College Quartet Pearl Dickson
8	April 1928	Atlanta New Oreleans	Charley Lincoln Barbecue Bob Pink Anderson Simmie Dooley Henry Wiliams Eddie Anthony Peg Leg Howell Nellie Florence Lillian Glinn Will Day Alberta Brown
9	October-November 1928	Atlanta	Rev W.M. Mosley Louise Gautier Curley Weaver Barbecue Bob Too Tight Henry Peg Leg Howell Eddie Anthony Billy Bird Charlie Lincoln Alec Jonson
10	December 1928	Dallas New Orelans	Washington Phillips Laura Henton Frenchy’s String Band Blind Willie Johnson Blind Texas Marlin Bobby Cadillac William McCoy Emma Wright Rev JW Heads Willie Reed Charlie King Texas Jubilee singers Billiken Johnson Neal Roberts Otis Harris Dallas String Band Coley Jones Jewll Nelson Jackson Blue Boys Dorothy Everetts
11	April 1929	Atlanta	Lillian Glinn Peg Leg Howell Deacon W:H. Gallamore Barbecue Bob Lonnie Coleman Rev W.M. Mosley Williams Jubilee Singers

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Brunswick and Vocalion 1000, Field Trips

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A.R.C. Labels, Field Trips

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Gennett and Champion, Field Trips

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Decca, Field Trips

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